Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Johnson, C., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 2014No. 680 CAPPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice STEVENS.
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death following the conviction of Appellant Christopher Lynn Johnson (“Appellant”) on one count of first-degree murder1 and related charges2 entered in the Adams County Court of Common Pleas. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
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2Cases cited65 opinions
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- Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Commonwealth v. StilesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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- Com. v. Gomez, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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